Identification sign



Jan. 24, 1928.

H. P. MAUGHLIN IDENTIFICATION SIGN Filed :Iune 4. 1925 d unnn i Wharf/la INVENTOR.

Harr P. MaugH- A TTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 24, was

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY r. MAUGHLIN, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IDENTIFICATION SIGN.

Application filed June 4, 1925. Serial Nb. 34,826.

My invention relates to improvements in signs used in offices of office buildings, stores and shops, and are made suitable to set on desks and counters. or attached to doors and walls, indicating the names, duties, occupations and positions of clerks, cashiers, attendants and oiiicials; and the objects of my improvements are to provide a framed, transparently covered sign, assembled from separately cast or formed letters or characters, having integral aligning and attaching means for frame connections; also to provide a sign having a frame with a plurality of faces formed on the back, forming bases for contacting with the surface on which it may be set or to which it may be attached, to positi-on the sign to various angles of visibility, for being adapted .to different elevations; a further object is to provide convenient means and arrangements because of which the sign is readily assembled and held together or taken apart and the reading of the sign changed, also means that allow it to be attachedto the locations desired.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view showing the face of the sign;

Fig. 2 is an end view showing the sign, as positioned. for visibility, in an elevated location;

Fig. 3 is an end view, showing the sign as positioned for visibility when set on a desk or fixed at a low position.

Fig. 4 is a cross section;

Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of one end; Figures 2, 3, 4L and 5 are made on an enlarged scale to more clearly show the construction.

Similar numerals refer to simila parts throughout the several views.

The frame strip 1, with the recesses 2, and the channel 3, form the shoulders at, and with the groove 5, all being continuous throughout the length of the strip, constitute the first unit of the sign; the cushion fabric 6, lining the bottom of the channel 3, and the groove 5, is the second unit; the letters and characters 7 with the integral aligning lugs 8, form the third unit; the transparent cover 9, seated in the recesses 2, on the shoulder 4, is the fourth unit; the flat springs 10, with the ends 16 turned for latching the cover in place is the fifth unit; and the flat end pieces 11, with flanges 12 on one side, and flanges 13 on the other side, form the sixth unit; the face edges 14 of the end pieces 11, having rectangular notches 15, providing space, that allows the springs 10 to be flexed back, unlatching the cover, and permitting its ready removal and replacement, when the lettering is to be changed; the flanges 12 and 13 on the end pieces serve as bases for the angular placement,to facilitate its visibility, also for its secure attachment to the desk, wall, or door; the latching springs 10 are held in place by the end pieces 11, being pierced near the, lows end by the screw that holds the end pieces in place.

Thus it will be seen that a useful and convenient sign and name plate has beenpro duced, readily adaptable to many purposes and being assembled from manufactured units it can be produced and distributed economically.

hat I claim is:

1. A sign composed of assembled units, comprising a frame strip channeled longitudinally, a recessed cover seat on each side of the channel, separately formed lettersand characters within the channel, a transparent cover for the letters and characters, and means for holding the. assembled units together.

2. A sign composed of assembled units, comprising a frame strip having a longitudinally channeled face, separate body formed characters within the channel, a transparent cover for the characters, a re silient latch at the end of the frame strip for holding the cover in place, and means, including the resilient latch, for holding the units in assembled relation.

3. A sign composed of assembled units, comprising a frame-strip having plural base sides and a longitudinally channeled face side, readily detachable characters arranged Within the channel, a transparent cover for the characters, and means fixed to each end of the frame-strip that hold the assembled units in fixed relation including means that permit the sign to be securely positioned on any one of its plural bases.

4:. A sign composed of assembled units, comprising a frame strip having a channeled face for housing the letters, a groove along the bottom of the channel for aligning the letters, a cushion fabric lining the channel and groove, for holding the letters from shifting, letters having aligning lugs from shifting, letteis having aligning lugs on the back side arranged on the fabric, the lugs being pressed into the fabric told within the groove, a transparent cover for the letters, resilient means for latching the cover in place at each end, end pieces notched to allow for flexing the resilient latches, and means for securing the end pieces to the frame strip and to securely position the 20 sign to any desired base.

HARRY P. hIAUGHLIN. 

